As governor, James Comer would work to decrease the number of people on Medicaid by changing Kentucky's Medicaid eligibility requirements.

James Comer · Kentucky · Republican

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Occurrences

if he became governor he would work to decrease the number of people on Medicaid by changing the eligibility requirements in the state

Comer promised to reduce Medicaid enrollment by tightening eligibility rules.

Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidate Comer Calls For Reducing Medicaid Rolls, Repealing Obamacare
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reduce the number of Kentuckians on Medicaid

Comer reiterated his plan to reduce Medicaid enrollment.

Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Comer Flies Across Kentucky to Unveil Platform, Fight Attack Ads | WKMS
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Comer said he wants to reduce the number of Kentuckians on Medicaid by moving poor Kentuckians onto private insurance.

He pledged to reduce Medicaid enrollment by shifting poor residents to private insurance.

James Comer’s Quest to ‘Pass a Bold Agenda’ Gets Bumpy | WEKU
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Evidence

The article reports that Comer, then a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said that if he became governor he would work to decrease the number of people on Medicaid by changing the state's eligibility requirements.

This is the campaign promise itself: Comer publicly committed to tightening Kentucky Medicaid eligibility if elected governor.

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Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidate Comer Calls For Reducing Medicaid Rolls, Repealing Obamacare
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Kentucky's official 2015 primary results list James R. Comer in the Republican governor and lieutenant governor race, with a total of 57,951 votes, behind Matt Bevin's 70,480; the recanvass page says the results did not affect the outcome of the election.

Comer did not win the 2015 gubernatorial nomination, so he never held the governorship needed to carry out the promise as governor.

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The official House biography says Comer was elected to Congress in 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability; it identifies him as a former Kentucky House member and former Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, not governor.

Official biography confirms Comer's later career was in the U.S. House, not the Kentucky governorship, reinforcing that the campaign promise was never carried out in office.

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About | Congressman James Comer
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Assessments

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Comer made the promise as a 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial candidate, but he lost the Republican primary and never became governor. Because he did not hold the state executive office needed to change Kentucky Medicaid eligibility requirements, and the evidence does not show a later material contribution by him that delivered the promised outcome, the promise was not fulfilled. Running on the proposal is not a serious legislative or executive attempt to implement it.

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Comer made the promise as a 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial candidate, but he did not win the Republican nomination and never became governor. Because he never held the executive office needed to change Kentucky Medicaid eligibility requirements as promised, the promised outcome was not delivered. The record provided does not show a serious legislative or executive attempt by Comer to implement the Medicaid eligibility change after the campaign.

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